Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.23% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Meggitt PLC (LON:MGGT), which rose 8.76% or 36.30 points to trade at 450.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS) added 3.65% or 6.500 points to end at 184.700 and Barclays PLC (LON:BARC) was up 3.55% or 5.4000 points to 157.4000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK), which fell 4.22% or 101.00 points to trade at 2294.00 at the close. Shire PLC (LON:SHP) declined 2.23% or 115.00 points to end at 5030.00 and Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN) was down 1.68% or 29.00 points to 1694.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1277 to 869 and 437 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.23% or 3.15 to $1341.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.82% or 1.18 to hit $42.98 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.42% or 1.07 to trade at $45.34 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.21% to 1.3043, while EUR/GBP rose 0.12% to 0.8494.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.18% at 96.36.